Muster List for HMS Terpsichore

HMS Terpsichore
(Frigate, 5th Rate, 32 guns)

Commissioned Officers
Captain: Richard Bolitho (PC)
First Lieutenant: William Bush (PC)
Second Lieutenant: Jeremy Mitchell (PC)
Third Lieutenant: William Mowett (PC)
Marine Lieutenant: Sebastian Sewell (PC)

Note: All commissioned sea officers stand watches, apart from the Captain who is expected to be called when needed. Because there are more watch-keeping officers than watches, this means that every few nights, each officer will have an undisturbed night's rest.

Midshipmen: (up to 10)
Tobias Bailey (PC)
Frederick Chandos - senior Midshipman (NPC)
Douglas Docker (NPC)
Daniel Kinsella (NPC)
James Slater (NPC)


Note: Midshipmen are officers-in-training. They stand watch under a lieutenant (two or three per watch). They may be disrated. One midshipman is designated Signals Midshipman and is responsible for reading signals from other vessels and making the replies to them.

Warrant Sea Officers
Master: (1) Tadcock (NPC)
Boatswain: Toby Watts (NPC)
Gunner: (1) Hennock (NPC)
Carpenter: (1) McNish (NPC)
Surgeon: (1) Russell Gallien (PC)
Purser: (1) James (Jem) Foxley (NPC)

Note:All warrant officers are idlers (they do not stand watches) apart from the Master, who is a watch-keeper

Inferior Warrant Officers
Cook: (1) (Idler) Wilfred Kock (PC)
Sailmaker: (1) (Idler)
Armourer: (1) (Idler)
Ropemaker: (1) (Idler)
Caulker: (1) (Idler)
Surgeon's Mate: (1)
Master-at-Arms: (1)
Cooper: (1) (Idler)

Note: an 'inferior warrant' ranks socially equal to petty officers that a captain may rate and disrate at will, but inferior warrants have a warrant from one Board or another, and cannot be disrated by the Captain. They are all idlers, which means they do not stand watches - they sleep at night and work during the day.

Petty Officers
Master's Mate: (2)
Boatswain's Mate: (2) Henry Colburn (NPC); Eamon Rutland (NPC)
Captain's Coxswain: (1) Billy Barrow (PC)
Quartermaster: (2)
Quartermaster's mates: (2)
Captain of the Foretop (larboard watch): Edward McElwee (NPC)
Captain of the Maintop (larboard watch): Thomas Boyles (NPC)
Also various captains of parts-of-ship (maintop, foretop, fo'c'sle etc. 2 of each, 1 per watch - larboard and starboard)

Note: Petty officers, for any who don't know and want to, were seamen chosen by the captain for additional responsibilities. And the Corporal is the Master-at-Arms' assistant.

Idlers
Sailmaker's Mates: (1)
Carpenter's Mates: (2) William Taylor (NPC); George Williams (NPC)
Captain's Clerk: (1) Cheevers (NPC)
Caulker's Mate: (2)
Gunner's Mate: (1)
Armourer's Mate: Bob Flint (NPC)
Yeoman of the Powder Room: (1)
Quartergunner: (1)
Ship's Corporal: (1) Martin West (NPC)
Captain's Steward: (1) Catchpole (NPC)
Wardroom Steward: (1) Markham (NPC)
Loblolly boy: Jeremiah Bridgens (NPC*)

Note: Idlers work during the day and do not keep watches

Marines

Sergeant: (1)
Harry Quinn (PC)

Corporal: (2)
George Thompson (PC)

Musicians: (3)
Tom Oxley - Drummer (PC)
Thomas Shepherd - Drummer (NPC*)
Andrew Shepherd - Drummer (NPC*)

Privates: (40)
Nathan Allen (PC)
George 'Geordie' Bakewell (NPC)
William Beech (NPC)
Tim Brewer (NPC)
Charley Brice (NPC)
Tom Combes (NPC)
James Dawkins (NPC)
Bob Dickin (NPC)
George Everett (NPC)
Michael 'Mikey' Foley (NPC)
Ned Grattan (NPC)
James Gunn (PC)
Alf Hayes (NPC)
Symon Higgins (NPC)
Joe Ingalls (NPC)
Ronnie Joyse (NPC)
Jem Keene (NPC)
David Lakey (NPC)
Bill Mallory (NPC)
Tam McEwen (NPC)
Artair MacTavish (PC)
Ben Morgan (NPC)
Will Reece (NPC)
Ned Simms (NPC)
Jack Vining (NPC)
Albert Ware (NPC)
Ben Willis (NPC)
Kit Witchall (NPC)

Note: Marines keep watches, but they are not necessarily on the same watch on/watch off rotation as the seamen, which means that those not on sentry duty during the night will get to spend all night in their hammocks.

Other Crew
Servants: (14)
Widows' Men: (5)
Seamen: (284)
Andrew Bell - Maintopman, Captain's Boat Crew (NPC)
William Buckley (NPC)
James Burton (NPC)
Joe Cairn (NPC)
Cattling (NPC*)
Joe Crabtree (NPC)
Tobias Danver (PC)
Patchy Dawson] (NPC)
Joe Dixon (NPC)
Mathew de Guarde - Foretopman, L (PC)
Bob Donald, Able Seaman (NPC)
Dunnett, Able Seaman (NPC)
Tommy Edwin, Able Seaman - Foretopman, L (NPC)
"Tanner" Joe Greenstreet - Able Seaman (NPC)
Tim Ha'penny (NPC)
Ben Hennock (NPC)
Bernie Hobbs (NPC)
"Bristol" Joe - Able Seaman (NPC)
Old Keane - Able Seaman (NPC)
Nathaniel Kelly - Able Seaman (PC)
Macklin - Able Seaman (NPC)
Tom Merton (NPC)
Sam Millet (NPC)
Ben Nicholls (NPC)
Old Oates (NPC)
Young Oates (NPC)
Sam Oxley (PC)
William Pascoe (NPC)
Paul Perry (PC)
Joseph Preddie - Able Seaman, Captain's Boat Crew (NPC)
Donny Pringle - Able Seaman (NPC)
Benjamin Robbins (NPC)
Joe Riggan - Mizzentopman, L (NPC)
Jim Samuels - Landsman, Sailmaker's Crew (NPC*)
Sankie - Ordinary Seaman (NPC)
Jonny Seward - Able Seaman (NPC)
Charlie Smiths - Able Seaman (PC)
Jim Spencer - Able Seaman, Captain's Boat Crew (NPC)
Jimmy Squeak - Able Seaman (NPC)
Alley Sutter (NPC)
Chris Timlin - Ordinary seaman, Shantyman (NPC)
Ned Torrington - Able Seaman (NPC)
Fox Weston (NPC)
George Williams - Able Seaman, Carpenter's mate, Captain's Boat Crew (NPC)
Jack Young - Able Seaman, Captain's Boat Crew (NPC)

Note: Widows' men were fictional names borne on the ship's books whose pay was sent to the widows of men killed at sea during the ship's commission

Ships' Boys: (16)
Bobby Brightwell - Boy, 12 (NPC)
Terry Button - Boy, 12 (PC)
Theodore Dunsany - Boy, 13 (PC)
'Little' Jacky Fisher- Boy, 13 (NPC)
Billy-boy Green - Boy, 11 (NPC)
Charley Hammond - Boy, 15 (NPC)
Danny Milburn - Boy, 12 (NPC)
Fingers Smith - Boy, 11 (PC)
Johnny Stenhouse - Boy, 14 (NPC)
Sam Tupper - Boy, 15 (NPC)
Jimmy Young - Boy, 13 (NPC)

Note: Boys had various roles at sea, ranging from powder monkeys in battle, to 'nippers' when raising anchor. They also acted as servants to the petty officers and midshipmen.

Ship's Cat: Emily

Watch List:
Master (with one or two middies)
1st Lieutenant (with one or two middies)
2nd Lieutenant (with one or two middies)
3rd Lieutenant (with one or two middies)

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